Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

SwainZag

Community Moderator
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    4,045

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    3

 Content Type 

Profiles

News

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by SwainZag

  1. SwainZag
    Meh..... you aren't going to beat a subpar every time out. Olson looks like he could be a solid major leaguer. Very tough all around day for Mr. Julien.
  2. SwainZag
    Which is still kinda crazy. Joe threw 9 innings and Maeda only 5. Run difference was 6 to 4.
  3. SwainZag
    Joey Votto making his season debut for the Reds tonight. With him back at first base, Spencer Steer will make his 4th appearance this season in LF. Outside of the 24 innings he has played there this season, he had exactly one game in the OF in his minor league career. Curious to see how this works out.
  4. SwainZag
    If Buck is ready to come off the IL, what else do you do? Your only real other options are cutting someone.
  5. SwainZag
    Savage.
  6. SwainZag
  7. SwainZag
    I'm not sure anyone here understands how good Devin Williams has been. Before today he had allowed 1 run this season. A solo HR by Thairo Estrada in a 5 run game in early May. Other than that, the guy had been virtually unhittable. 8 hits in 21.2 innings. 1 ER, 1 HR, 30 K's and an ERA of 0.42. Literally in almost every sense of the word, the best reliever in the game. Tonight.... the Twins went 3/3, 3 hits, 1 BB, 2 HR and 0 K's. 2023 signature moment? I sure hope so.
  8. SwainZag
    Are we really going to call Moncada, Anderson and Binentendi front line talent? Moncada is 28, and yes he has been injured quite frequently, but in this last 2 seasons in 576 PA he has a line of: 15 HR, 64 RBI to go along with a triple slash line of .217/.275/.358. Good for an OPS+ of 77. For those curious, Mr. Kepler, who is only 2 years older, has 603 PA in the same time period with 16 HR, 61 RBI to go along with a triple slash line of .217/.304/.355 for an OPS+ of 88. Benintendi has been all but average with zero power and in line to make $17 per year for the next 4 years. Larnach has a better OPS+ than he does. Tim Anderson is 30 and his bat has declined now for the 3rd year in a row. His power he once did have seems to be gone, with his slugging down to .311 this year. Robert, Vaughn and Jimenez are nice players but even with the Twins stars struggling in the early months, they have still scored more runs than the White Sox have in less games. I would say pretty confidently that Correa, Buxton, Polanco, Lewis and Kiriloff make up a better foundation than the Sox have.
  9. SwainZag
    I would rather make the playoffs and have a shot at winning than not make it. Winning the division gets you in the tournament.
  10. SwainZag
    When healthy Polanco is one of the better hitting 2nd baseman in baseball. He's also only 29 this year. Jorge had a giant year in 2021 and was injury plagued most of 2022...and not to mention he is under team control thru 2025. I think the unwillingness to give up on that player is pretty damn warranted. Yes, Jorge hasn't been spectacular to start this season, but that is generally a player you build around. Spencer Steer is not a 2nd baseman. He is destined to be a 1B/DH. It didn't take Cincy very long to learn that he wasn't an adequate 3rd baseman. If he was supplanting anyone on the roster, it would Kiriloff....and I don't think many would be a fan of that.
  11. SwainZag
    Did the 7th inning really cost them? Or did scoring 1 run cost them?
  12. SwainZag
    A win is a win. Twins win a 7-6 game and more than half the posters want to talk about how Buck and Correa going out with injuries helped the lineup. 1-0 win and there's no talk about how maybe they needed some more bats to get some more runs across. It's a long ass season. I know 7 and 10 game streaks are great to rave about. May 16th, Castro was hitting .190 and was the number one DFA candidate. Fast forward, now he's the MVP. 1 comment out of 20 even mentioned Jorge. He had a pretty damn large game winning hi...with 2 outs BTW. I know Polanco isn't a sexy name like Kiriloff, Lewis or Wallner.....but a "grizzled" 29 year old vet can get it done sometimes too. That's 3 in a row. That's 4 out of 5. That's a lead of 5.5 over Cleveland....(who IMO is miles better than Detroit). Tomorrow is Gray day!
  13. SwainZag
    Does it matter? The bullpen was lights out, the Twins eventually scored and they won the game.
  14. SwainZag
    This feels like what a Cleveland did to the Twins over and over again last year. Did Pagan exorcize some demons tonight? Got out of a huge inherited jam and looked in control, great to see. It's disheartening to see the stars struggle, but AK and Royce showing us glimpses of a bright future.
  15. SwainZag
    I think you are probably pretty spot on. If he comes back and struggles, THEN I can see him moving to the pen. I don't think giving any one of our starters an extra day rest at this point in the season is a bad idea either.
  16. SwainZag
    Me either, but with Kep back, what else do you do?
  17. SwainZag
    Wallner has an absolute cannon, good lord. Live seeing the bats get going. Toronto made things interesting, but they have a stacked lineup, despite the results so far.
  18. SwainZag
    Another shocker. I hate complaining about umps, but this is really getting ridiculous https://twitter.com/UmpScorecards/status/1662467454629543936?t=QrJbwnpIiaKTxDlngtsQ5w&s=09
  19. SwainZag
    Not to nitpick, he's having a big day, but he didn't homer. 3 for 6, HR short of the cycle, 6 total bases. His bat would def be a welcome addition to the lineup, but he is looking like a guy without a position, why he was expendable to begin with. Huntre Greene tossed a gem as well.
  20. SwainZag
    Respectfully disagree. If the Twins were in a different division, they could possibly be sellers, but with being in the Central, there's little chance they would sell with the division in reach. We have known since the schedule came out that the 1st half....especially Mid-May until the end of June would be the hardest part of the schedule. The 2nd half is considerably easier. The only way I see the Twins "selling" is if they go into absolute free fall mode, or if they suffer some major long term injuries.
  21. SwainZag
    Kepler's OPS of .847 since April 18th is why Rocco puts him in the lineup. His OPS since then is only behind Buxton on the team. When healthy he deserves and needs to be in the lineup, especially against RHP.
  22. SwainZag
    😳
  23. SwainZag
    If you think the Twins offense is bad, take a look at what the Tigers are working with.
  24. SwainZag
    If Jax doesn't get hosed on the missed call to Otani, the game goes to the 8th tied. I might be biased but calls going against the Twins seem to be happening too often lately.
  25. SwainZag
    LLLLEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW
×
×
  • Create New...